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Thrive with a Positive Mindset
HCUL 80th Annual Convention With Alice Inoue
=“positive”GOODTHINGS = “negative”BAD
THINGS
NEGATIVITYbegetsNEGATIVITY
I have to bemore POSITIVE.
POSITIVE MINDSET
Today I will share with you:
1. Positive THINKING vs. Positive MINDSET
2. How we are WIRED for NEGATIVITY
3. USEFUL Positive Mindset PRINCIPLES
Harvard Positive Psychology department
ACADEMICWORLD
AVERAGEPERSON
discovery unaware
of it... BUSINESS
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It takes GENERATIONS before it becomes part of the
MASS CONSCIOUSNESS.
How many years does it take for a new
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERYto show up in a TEXTBOOK?
What’s the difference between:
Thinking Positive VS. Positive
Mindset
It’s NOT about putting on a
smiley face.”
A positive mindset is a way to berealistic about the present
while maximizing yourpotential for the future.
THE
MIND
Our minds are always
ON.
We have
60,000 thoughts a day.
95%are the same thoughts as yesterday.
of these habitual thoughts are NEGATIVE!
80%
There’s no way. NobodNobody I can’t do this. I’m too busy.I can’t do it.I can’t do it.
This totally SUCKS.My life sucks. My The people that run this show are idiots.He’s a jerk. HHe’s a jerk. He’s a jerk.
The other departments are lame.I hate my job. I hate I can’t stand the way he blames others.I can’t stand my in-laI can’t stand my in-laws.
Why do I always end up with the junk dealI always get sick. I always get sick. I always get sic
It’s just not going to happen.I’m too I’m too
Primitive Survival Mechanism
We are wired for selective attention to
NEGATIVITY.
That’s why a POSITIVE MINDSETis NOT something that
comes NATURALLY.
YOUR MINDSET AND HAPPINESS
50GENETIC
%50LEARNED
%
10%due to wealth, status, power, relationships
90%CAN BE SHIFTED
Do you know
TETRISEFFECT?
about the
Do you know or work with
PEOPLE like this?
We only see what we
LOOK FOR.We miss the rest
get stuck in a
TETRISEFFECT!
POSITIVEHOW TO
1 2 3
Think of specifically…
“THREE GOOD THINGS”that happened today.
Your baseline of positive can be raised - which means greater success in all
areas that are important to you.
BASE LINE POSITIVE MINDSET AND HAPPINESS
2.9013
3 positives 1 negative=
Losada Line
POSITIVE MINDSETsuccess
Would you
describe
as LUCKY or UNLUCKY?this event
“COUNTERFACT”
Definition: A counterfact is a scenario that our brains create to help us evaluate and make
sense of what really happened.
Our success is determined by thecounterfact we create of any situation.
Always select a
counterfact that makes
you feel fortunate
The
ButterflyEffect
“Autobiography in
Five Short Chapters” by Portia Nelson
Chapter One
“I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.I am lost ...
I am helpless. It isn't my fault.
”It takes forever to find a way out.
I pretend that I don’t see it.I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in this same place.But, it isn’t my fault.
Chapter Two
It still takes a long time to get out.”“I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.
I still fall in... it’s a habit...but, my eyes are open.
I know where I am. It is my fault.I get out immediately.”
“I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
Chapter Three
I walk around it. ”“I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
Chapter Four
“ I walk down another street.
”Chapter Five
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